please help! installer timed out!

I just bought my 16g 1st generation ipod touch and jailbroke it.
i tried to use winscp to use ssh but kept getting connection timed out and would not connect. so i searched around the forum and found out that my ipod might not have openssh installed. i searched for one on installer and proceeded to download it but it kept giving me "Error : Timed out"
i've tried adding other sources and updating the sources but they all give "Error : Timed out" message. "
is there something i can do to fix this problem? i browse the internet without a prob but i just can install anything on installer.